Connexin type and fluorescent protein fusion tag determine structural stability of gap junction plaques

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 23497-23514

  Stout, Randy F ^a   Snapp, Erik Lee ^a   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; PHOTOBLEACHING; PROTEINS; STABILITY;

FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PLAQUES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN TAG; DFNA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BINDING SITE; BLEACHING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84942284335     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.659979     Document Type: Article

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